SCP-9370 — SCP-9370 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-9370 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-9370

Expected annual

$4.0M

One-time setup

$8.3M

Annual recurring

$3.9M

Personnel

One-time capital upgrades are dominated by a recommended contingency/reserve; recurring costs are driven by daily containment staff, a baseline research program, emergency medical reserves, and overhead (~$3.85M/yr).

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $8.3M

Contingency Reserve $5.0M

[#18] Recommended large contingency/reserve for catastrophic or large-scale events (lower-bound reserve selected; full risk unbounded).

Facilities $1.1M

[#2, #7, #20] Structural/hardening work for Cell 45, generator/UPS installation and initial hazardous-waste storage/handling setup. Mid-range engineering and installation choices used.

Compensation Reserve $1.0M

[#19] Initial reserve for long-term disability, life insurance, and compensation payouts.

Equipment $380K

[#3, #4, #5, #8, #11, #23] Monitoring/audio-visual/EM instrumentation, security hardware, redundant procedure kits, on-site trauma kit/pharmacy setup, and specialized procurement/synthesis startup costs.

Initial Training $300K

[#9] Initial multi-site training and instructor/prop costs to standardize protocols across Site-93 and backup sites.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $200K

[#13] Initial archival/translation/archaeological liaison mission and setup for continued study and provenance efforts.

Relocation Rehabilitation $200K

[#10] One-time relocation/rehabilitation/severance for dissenting personnel (estimate assumes ~10 relocations as an example).

Vehicles And Logistics Procurement $100K

[#14] Armored/secure transport procurement for rapid site-to-site resumption capability.

Documentation Standardization $30K

[#26] One-time standardization and initial cross-site QA/documentation rollout costs.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $3.9M/yr

Staff Wages $740K/yr

[#1] Daily containment team salaries (operators, containment supervisor, guards, medics, on-call physician (part-time), part-time psychologist).

Research And Monitoring $720K/yr

[#4, #13, #17] Ongoing monitoring/storage costs, archival/translation follow-up, and baseline research program funding (2–4 FTE baseline chosen).

Overhead Allocation $502K/yr

[#28] Site-93 prorated overhead (10–25% of direct recurring; 15% chosen on mid-range).

Emergency Medical Reserve $500K/yr

[#5] Annual contingency budget for moderate casualties, medevac activations, prosthetics/rehab and case-by-case expensive procedures.

Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr

[#15] Legal counsel, PR/cover-story maintenance, and liaison with local authorities.

Compensation Actuarial $200K/yr

[#19] Ongoing actuarial additions to long-term disability/pension/compensation funds.

Supplies And Consumables $162K/yr

[#3, #6, #11, #20, #21, #23] Consumables, PPE, backup-kit restocking, amnestics supply portions, hazardous-waste disposal contracts, and routine replacement/upgrade consumables.

Logistics And Transport $150K/yr

[#3, #14, #10] Airlift/medevac retainers and logistics for rapid cross-site resumption plus modest ongoing relocation/transport contingencies.

Security Training $100K/yr

[#8] Recurring tactical training, certifications, and security exercises specific to interruption scenarios.

Training Refreshers $100K/yr

[#9] Annual refresher training at Site-93 and backup sites to preserve cross-site procedural fidelity.

Psychological Care $100K/yr

[#12] Routine counseling, PTSD screening, cognitive monitoring and longer-term psychological rehabilitation for exposed personnel.

Data Security $100K/yr

[#16, #27] Insider-threat mitigation, CI staffing, continuous background checks and secure communications; includes some contractor retainer overlap.

Hazard Pay $100K/yr

[#24] Hazard pay and retention incentives for core risky/procedure staff.

Audit And Compliance $50K/yr

[#22] Internal audit teams, compliance reviews and external oversight briefings.

External Contractors $50K/yr

[#27] Retainer and ad-hoc engagement budget for specialist linguists, archaeologists, memeticists, etc.

Incident Investigation $50K/yr

[#25] Annual funds to cover incident investigations and after-action reviews (per-incident costs handled from this contingency).

Documentation Management $15K/yr

[#26] Ongoing documentation QA, cross-site compatibility checks and procedural upkeep.

Facilities Maintenance $12K/yr

[#7] Fuel, basic maintenance and running costs for generator/UPS and emergency power systems.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $3.9M/yr

89.5% probability / year

Normal year: scheduled daily enactments, routine research, no major incidents.

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🚨 Minor Incident $4.1M/yr

8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline

Small interruption or localized complication requiring medevac, investigation, extra supplies and replacement equipment.

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🚨 Major Breach $5.9M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline

Significant incident with multiple casualties, containment repairs, extended investigations and international liaison.

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🚨 Catastrophic Restructuring $18.9M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$15.0M vs baseline

Rare, large-scale reality or noospheric event requiring deployment of contingency reserves, international operations and major rebuilds.

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👥 Personnel 14 total

Role	Count	Notes
Operator	2	[#1] Full-time operators responsible for daily enactment steps (salaries included in staff_wages).
Security Officer / MTF Agent	4	[#1, #8] Armed guards and response personnel for Cell 45 per containment team; training costs allocated separately.
Medic / Nurse	2	[#1, #5] On-site medics/nurses for immediate trauma response; medical reserve and kit budget handled separately.
On-call Physician	1	[#1, #5] Part-time/0.2 FTE physician retained for escalations (compensated in staff_wages estimate).
Psychologist	1	[#1, #12] 0.5 FTE clinical psychologist for acute care and monitoring; counseling budget in psychological_care.
Containment Supervisor / Team Lead	1	[#1] Supervising containment officer coordinating daily enactments and cross-site resumptions.
Research Scientist	3	[#17, #13] Baseline research staff (2–4 FTE range); research_program budget covers their salaries and program costs.

📋 Confidence Notes

Line items are well-inventoried in analyst notes, allowing medium confidence in operational and capital estimates; uncertainty remains high for the contingency and catastrophic scenarios, which drive the largest variance.

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